When she discovers that a former flame has died, she sets about tracking down the various paramours who have shaped her, an ingenious plot device in a novel about self-discovery and second chances: Georgia rediscovers not only who she was, or even who she has become, but also the possibility of a yet another, late-in-life reinvention. Georgia Young, the middle-aged protagonist of “I Almost Forgot About You,” has certainly had her fair share of it. “How women feel is important, and I’m not going to let anyone make it seem like it’s frivolous.” She sinks back into a leather booth, and with one tossed-off line, irrefutably defends her penchant for narratives concerning affairs of the heart: “I would like to know how many women - and men - you know who can live without love.” “When men write about men’s lives, it’s not called ‘dude lit’, ” she says.
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